Letter of Ejectment

Letter of Ejectment

I've been renting my home for the last 7 years.Lanlord lost house in Sheriff sale.Bank bought the house.

Today the sheriff knocked on the door and gave me a Ejectment Notice?I have no idea what this is and i will admit these papers are very confusing.What exactly does this mean?How long will i have to move at this point?

I've been looking for a place to move because i need to stay in the area due to my children being special needs and their schooling.But it cannot happen fast enough for me!

The notice basically says i have 20 days to file a response.Also included in the stack of papers was a copy of the deed with the banks name.The Tenant Forclosure Rights saying about the 90 Days.

Please help.You guys were very helpful with my last post when they switched all utilities into their name without my permission.

My main concern is...how long will it be until they can throw us out?I have no current lease.My lease with the previous lanlord had expired.Thanks

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There is a recent Federal law that provides for far greater protection to tenants caught in a owner being foreclosed upon...I think its a minimum of 90 days or until end of your current lease. And you mention same 90 days. Dig deeper and do not assume bank is correct. Do NOT educate bank, if they have it wrong--too bad--but you must defend in court and probably file a very short timely response --I'm not sure there is even a statutory requirement for an advance response --except you might need to respond that you intend to defend..

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Thanks for the link!No,i have never received any previous notice before this asking us to leave.

The stack of papers the sherriff gave me today...There is a paper saying we are being sued by the Ejectment and to respond within 20 days or further action will be taken.And then a paper from a lawyer with a 90 Day notice to Protecting Tenants of forclosure Act,Public Law 111-22

Which goes on to say Notice is hereby given that (The Banks Name) has purchased the home and is the new owner.And Notice is further given that all tenants are given 90 days to vacate. &nb...

That's where i'm confused...i can move within the 90 days..i'm just not sure why they feel the need to sue us to do so?

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I'd feel free to contact the attorney (and follow up any conversation with a letter to him/her in writing) and ask why it is that an eviction action (I gather) has been filed when you just simultaneously received the 90-day notice of termination. Maybe they're hoping you'll be confused and move out. Who knows.

I gather you are a monthly tenant and don't have a long-term lease in place; otherwise, the foreclosing lender (whether it bought back its own property after auction or not) is supposed to honor the existing long-term lease unless and until it sells the place to someone who intends to reside there, at which point that person needs to give you proper notice of termination.

Still, definitely don't ignore any service of papers re: an eviction action. I'd confirm with the court that there's a court date and make sure to show up (and file a response if one is allowed or required, saying you on same day received a 90-day notice of termination and want to have the eviction action dismissed as untimely/unnecessary).

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In my response to the Injectment i think i will also mention how they lied to the utility companies and said the home was vacant in order to have all utilities switched to their name without my consent causing me to loose all my security deposts with them.

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In what court--normally an eviction action is at DJ Court level. An ejectment is usually in County Court and I'm not sure that the right step in PA

BTW when does your actual lease expire?

I fail to follow why your utility deposit is lost--

If you have a security deposit on the unit --be careful --new owner owes it back even if he never got it. So street smart tenants simply don't pay last months -no correct--but so be it.

I'm not sure it is useful to mention that they converted utilities to thier name just yet--save it for court. It probably a violation of PUC regs to falsely claim unit is vacant --last time I did that drill it required a notarized affirmation it was vacant--seek copy of same? False statement may be a criminal issue. Not a funny problem .

I'd respond to the precise issue raised and not more --and its not clear exactly what new owner has claimed.

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It's County Court.Paper says Court of Common Pleas Allegheny County... but there is no number or anything to get in contact with the court.

I've left messages with the attorney.I'm hoping they return the call before the weekend starts.

I don't have a current lease.My lease expired a few months back from my previous lanlord.

Regarding the deposits with the utilities.With the water and sewage in my town you have to pay a security deposit regardless to have service.I just wanted to transfer my accounts when i moved.But because of them switching everything into their name i can't do that now and lost the deposit.Well,i never lost the deposit as they just applied it to my Final Bill.But it would of been alot less hassle to just make a phone call and transfer,rather than apply for new service again.

Now I've read through this entire stack of papers and i don't understand how i respond to this Ejectment?It says by entering a writen appearence personally or by attorney?Do i have to go all the way down to the Allegheny County Court House to do this?The papers have a e-filed stamp on them.

Also the 90 Day Notice has no date on it.I thought that was kind of strange.

Also the 90 Day Notice has no date on it.I thought that was kind of strange.

Do you mean it has no deadline date or has no signature date? If any of the other papers are dated (filing date of the ejection action) you probably have 90 days from that date or from the date you were served.

I'm still at a loss as to why the lawsuit was served before the 90 days were up and I haven't found anything online with a format for an answer.

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I called the sheriffs office when i couldn't get through to the court to see if maybe they would know anything regarding why they would give me the ejecment first before the 90 day notice expired and they weren't very helpful at all.

He told me they could throw us out within 72 hours.I referred him to the Tenant Forclosure Act and he said he has never heard of such a thing.And also had no idea what the 20 days to respond is.I don't really think they read these papers before serving them?He also said the ejectment is just a paper stating that they intend to throw us out which they could do within 72 hours.Needless to say that was a stressful phone call.

I will try calling the courts again as i imagine everyone was at lunch.

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In my response to the Injectment i think i will also mention how they lied to the utility companies and said the home was vacant in order to have all utilities switched to their name without my consent causing me to loose all my security deposts with them.

Like i said it's been a nightmare dealing with these people.

Be careful with this one. You say you posted about this previously but I didn't see that thread.

The thing about water and sewer utilities is, often they have the right to place a lien against the property for unpaid bills, just like the county can for unpaid property tax. So the foreclosing bank might NOT have lied to get the water and sewer transferred to its name. As owner, it has the right to control payment of those bills because of the problems nonpayment could cause for it. If you failed to pay the bill, the water company could foreclose on the bank!

If you lost service for a time because of what they did, THAT's wrong, but just having the hassle of starting fresh with a new deposit in a new place is NOT a cause of action (you didn't lose a dime).

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